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Webcam Tools

camera-streamer – low-latency camera streaming project for Raspberry Pi systems

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Multimedia

camera-streamer is a high-performance, low-latency camera streaming project for Raspberry Pi systems and similar single-board computers.

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Monitor Calibration

ddcui – graphical user interface for ddcutil

April 1, 2026 Steve Emms Graphics, GUI, Utilities

ddcui is a graphical user interface for ddcutil, a Linux utility used to control and query monitor settings via the DDC/CI protocol.

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Typesetting Tools

SILE – typesetting system for Linux

March 30, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Documents

SILE (Simon’s Improved Layout Engine) is a modern typesetting system designed for producing high-quality printed documents.

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fooyin

fooyin’s release 0.10.x adds important improvements

March 28, 2026 Luke Baker GUI, Multimedia, News

Many users consider fooyin to be the best open source music player available for Linux. Its worth checking out the new release!

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Coding

json-tui – JSON terminal UI

March 26, 2026 Steve Emms Programming, TUI

json-tui is a JSON terminal UI made in C++ with zero dependencies and very small.

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Satellite Tool

GNSS-SDR – software-defined receiver for Global Navigation Satellite System signals

March 25, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, Scientific

GNSS-SDR processes satellite signals to perform detection, synchronization, demodulation, navigation message decoding, and position fixing.

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Audio Programming

aero – audio recorder

March 22, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

aero is a modern audio recorder desktop application built with C++23 and Qt 6.

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Video Conversion

VidCom – simple utility for video archiving and compression

March 21, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Multimedia

VidCom is a simple utility for video archiving and compression. It offers both a graphical interface and a command line interface

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Image of Files

Dentry – keyboard-driven file manager

March 20, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Dentry is a minimal, keyboard-driven file manager for Linux built with Qt6.

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Write – application for handwritten notes

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Productivity

Write is a cross-platform handwriting application designed for note-taking, brainstorming, and sketching.

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Essential Utilities to Boost Producitivity

Hobbits – bit-based analysis, processing, and visualization

March 19, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Scientific

Hobbits is a multi-platform GUI application for analyzing, processing, and visualizing bitstreams.

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Web Browsers

Dooble – minimal, scientific, and stable web browser

March 18, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Internet

Dooble is a Qt-based web browser that focuses on stability, privacy-oriented browsing features, and a compact codebase.

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Bioinformatics

SPAdes – versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data

March 17, 2026 Steve Emms Scientific

SPAdes is a versatile toolkit for assembling and analysing sequencing data. It is primarily developed for Illumina sequencing data

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Video

Open RV – image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

OpenRV is an image and sequence viewer for visual effects and animation artists. It is designed for high-performance, hardware-accelerated media playback and review.

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Video Players

Bino – 3D video player focused on stereoscopic video and virtual reality

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

Bino is a 3D video player focused on stereoscopic video and virtual reality. It supports a wide range of 3D video formats

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Video

mrv2 – flipbook, video, and audio player

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

mrv2 is a professional media player and review tool for visual effects, animation, and computer graphics workflows.

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Video

xSTUDIO – media playback and review application

March 16, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

xSTUDIO is a media playback and review application aimed at film and television post-production workflows.

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Gaming Chat

Blue Nebula – fork of Red Eclipse 1

March 15, 2026 Steve Emms Games

Blue Nebula is a fast-paced arena shooter project derived from the Red Eclipse 1.x series.

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Musical instruments

BinauralPlayer – media player

March 14, 2026 Steve Emms GUI, Multimedia

BinauralPlayer integrates audio and video playback with tools for generating binaural beats and brainwave-based audio signals.

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Packet Sender – send and receive TCP, UDP, and SSL packets

March 13, 2026 Steve Emms CLI, GUI, Internet

Packet Sender is a network utility for sending and receiving custom network packets across various protocols.

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